Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Texas Officials Apologize After Accidentally Sending Out Amber Alert Featuring 'Chucky' Doll

Texas Officials Apologize After Accidentally Sending Out Amber Alert Featuring 'Chucky' Doll
United Artists/Getty Images

It appears there was a 3'1" tall Hollywood horror legend on the loose in Texas.

For a hot second, Texans thought Chucky—the murderous moppet from the popular horror franchise Child's Play—had abducted his son, Glen Ray, from Seed of Chucky.


Seriously.



It turns out the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) sent out an amber alert on Friday by mistake.

The report indicated the 2'3" tall, five-year-old abducted child was last seen in Henderson, Texas, on Thursday morning. The 28-year-old suspect was wearing "blue denim overalls with multi-colored striped long-sleeved shirt " and "wielding a huge kitchen knife."

The demonic doll wasn't kidding when he said he always comes back.

Here is s screenshot of the Texas DPS amber alert.

Texas Department of Public Safety

Texas officials have apologized for the snafu and told TMZ:

"This alert is a result of a test malfunction. We apologize for the confusion this may have caused and are diligently working to ensure this does not happen again."

Oh, Texas.



People remained skeptical online.




Local news station KPRC 2 received a statement from Ruben Medina of DPS, which read:

"This was actually a test we were running on a dev server and it accidentally went out."
"We appreciate you reaching out to us to verify this. We do apologize for this inconvenience (to) you."

The AMBER alert, or the child abduction emergency alert, is an early warning system developed by broadcasters and local police asking for the public's help in locating abducted children.

AMBER is an acronym for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response and was named after Amber Hagerman, a nine-year-old who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas in 1996.

More from Trending

Suni Lee
Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Image

Suni Lee Hilariously Mocks Herself After Balance Beam Fall—And Fans Are Loving Her Attitude

US Olympic gymnast Suni Lee was a good sport about her falling off the balance beam by laughing about it afterward.

Lee lost her chance at winning a medal after she slipped and fell during her routine at the women's gymnastics balance beam final on Monday. She placed sixth with a score of 13.100.

Keep ReadingShow less
Elon Musk
Marc Piasecki/Getty Images

Elon Musk's Daughter Slams Him As Fake 'Christian Family Man' In Blistering Social Media Rant

Elon Musk has become a darling of the right wing despite, much like Donald Trump, not conforming to many of the moral standards conservatives supposedly stand for.

And one of Musk's 12 children has taken to the app Threads to call him out for it.

Keep ReadingShow less
Valentina Gomez
@ValentinaforSOS/X

Homophobic GOP Candidate Roasted After She Loses Primary—And It Wasn't Even Close

Valentina Gomez, a GOP candidate and known homophobe vying to be the next Secretary of State of Missouri who was once roasted for telling people not to be "weak and gay," was mocked online after her homophobic rhetoric backfired and cost her the primary.

And it wasn't even close—Gomez received 47,931 votes, amounting to just 7.5% of all those who voted in Missouri's GOP primary election. State Senator Denny Hoskins was declared the winner, winning 24.4% of the vote.

Keep ReadingShow less
Couple arguing at table
Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash

People Reveal The Worst Thing Their Partner Did That They've Forgiven Them For

Every relationship has its limits, and people will all realize their own deal breakers during the relationship.

But there are some things that, even if the couple will forgive, will not be forgotten.

Keep ReadingShow less
Screenshot of Tim Walz with his cat, Afton; J.D. Vance
@KamalaHQ/X; Drew Hallowell/Getty Images

Harris Campaign Hilariously Uses Video Featuring Tim Walz And His Cat To Troll JD Vance

Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign hilariously used a video featuring her running mate, Tim Walz, talking about J.D. Vance's now-infamous remarks about "childless cat ladies" to great effect—with a little help from Walz's own rescue cat.

In 2021, Donald Trump's running mate told then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the country is run by “Democrats… corporate oligarchs… a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices they made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable too.”

Keep ReadingShow less